Illustrations

Figure 1. Map of the Aegean Sea    17

Figure 2. Saint Paul Writing His Epistles by Valentin de Boulogne (1591–1632)    32

Figure 3. St. Catherine of Siena by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo    42

Figure 4. Divus (Divine) Julius Caesar with ΘEOC inscription and Octavian with ΘECCAΛO-NIKEΩN    45

Figure 5. Divus Julius Caesar with ΘEOC inscription    45

Figure 6. Divus Julius Caesar with ΘEOC inscription    45

Figure 7. First Thessalonians 2:7 in Codex Vaticanus    56

Figure 8. Octavian    116

Figure 9. The Last Judgement by William Butterfield    148

Figure 10. Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist by Luca Signorelli    165